Coupa Software Stock Price and Research (Nasdaq: COUP)

Coupa Software (Nasdaq: COUP) is a $3 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 54.51% total return. That's above the S&P 500's return of 15.17%.

Coupa Software stock is beating the market, and it reports earnings soon. But does that make it a good buy today? To answer this question we've turned to the Investment U Stock Grader. Our research team built this system to diagnose the financial health of a company.

Our system looks at six key metrics...

✗ Earnings-per-Share (EPS) Growth: Coupa Software reported a recent EPS growth rate of -23.08%. That's below the internet software and services industry average of 36.63%. That's not a good sign. We like to see companies that have higher earnings growth.

✓ Debt-to-Equity : The debt-to-equity ratio for Coupa Software stock is 67.77%. That's below the internet software and services industry average of 104.14%. That's a good sign. Coupa Software's debt levels are not out of control.

✓ Free Cash Flow per Share Growth : Coupa Software has increased its FCF per share over the last year relative to its competitors. That's good for investors. In general, if a company is growing its FCF, it will be able to pay down debt, buy back stock, pay out more in dividends and/or invest money back into the business to help boost growth.

✗ Profit Margins : The profit margin of Coupa Software comes in at -16.23% today. And generally, the higher, the better. We also like to see this ratio above competitors. Coupa Software's profit margin is below the internet software and services average of 14.45%. So that's a negative indicator for investors.

✗ Return on Equity : Return on equity gives us a look at the amount of net income returned to shareholders. The ROE for Coupa Software is -21.14% and that's below its industry average ROE of -12.8%.

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